There is not a single reason for any human to get access to alcohol to drink.
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Just to add the people who say that banning does not work is like saying banning guns does not work because people is going to find a way to get them or like saying we should not have speed limits because it does not prevent people from speeding. (Their opinions does not make sense to me)
What people consume is none of your fucking business is why.
Hey actually unpopular, nice.
Alcohol killed my father. Ruined multiple relationships of mine. Severely impacted my life in multiple ways. I’ve yet to touch a drop.
I mention all this because if someone was gonna have beef with Alcohol laws, I’d be one of them lol.
If it wasn’t Alcohol the addicts would have found something else. They’re running from mental issues and masking with things to forget.
Banning never works. The issues are almost always more complex and nuanced.
Thank you again for the unpopular opinion!
There is not a single reason for any human to get access to alcohol.
But there is. Because people enjoy it. Because it is a carrier of culture, tradition, and history. There are many things that people do that have risks, negative health effects, etc. Should all of that be illegal? Rock climbers sometimes need rescue, whose cost is often born by the public. Cell phones cause distracted driving. Processed foods make it easier for people to overeat, become obese, die, and create costs for society along the way.
Your premise is that there isn’t some transactional, functional value of alcohol. But people aren’t robots and we get value from the emotion and experience of things.
Tax alcohol to cover negative externalities, enforce drunk driving laws, force disclaimers about the health impact, and let people make informed, but free, choices.
Good unpopular opinion though. Good discussion! Have a great day!
If you think people think about culture when they drink cheap booze, you are insane. Heroin has such a rich culture and people have done it for so long now, why isn’t everyone doing heroin?
Reason 1: Because I want it.
You’re going to need to ban a lot of other things, including fruit, because people will just make it at home. Except it’ll be unregulated, then people will start dying even harder.
lol, yeah that went reeeeally well. “Banning” anything is the stupidest, least effective way of stopping a thing from happening.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States
I believe the law of offer and demand apply here, as if you ban alcohol there still be demand what will happen it’s illegal fabrication and distribution of it will lead to the surge of alcohol mobs and smuggling, which at the same time will lead to absence of regulation ergo alcohol will be worst for public health. So according to my logic making alcohol illegal will be worst at the middle and long term, maybe if you end with the demand you can end offer too but I believe it’s hard to do because usually humans are complicated and always there will be someone who would want to slowly kill themself at exchange of evading a shitty reality.
So maybe if we collectively end with the shitty reality then eventually we will end with substance(included alcohol) abuse WO having to ban anything at all.
